San Marino license plate: Diplomatic CD 1986

Format, years and the law

Format

CD999, for example CD995 (9 any digit)

CD, Corpo Diplomatico, with numbering opened at 01, so the serial is a straight count of accredited diplomatic vehicles. Since 2022 the CD prints red against blue digits, a two-tone effect written into the decree itself.

CD

Corpo Diplomatico (diplomatic corps)

The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.

Years issued

Documented since 1986; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.

Vehicle class

Diplomatic: diplomatic corps (embassy) issuance, usually its own decode. Issued for car and van.

Colours

Characters #005387 Background #FFFFFF

Size

390 × 120 mm · every country's size

About this plate

DIPLOMATIC CORPS. Numbering opened at 01 under Decreto 151/1986 art. 4. The two-tone effect from 2022, a red CD followed by blue digits, is unusual and is stated in the instrument rather than observed.

Format notes

Decreto 151/1986 art. 2 lit. a: "Per il Corpo Diplomatico i numeri di immatricolazione sono preceduti dalla sigla CD composta di lettere a rilievo di colore blu". DD 132/2022 art. 4 lit. a fixes the count at three and CHANGES THE SIGLA'S COLOUR TO RED: "i tre caratteri numerici di colore blu sono preceduti dalla sigla CD composta da caratteri alfabetici a rilievo di colore rosso." The digits stay blue.

Legal basis and sources

1. Decreto 151/1986 art. 2 lit. a and art. 4 https://www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm/on-line/home/archivio-leggi-decreti-e-regolamenti/documento17020523.html
2. DD 132/2022 art. 4 lit. a, three digits and the red sigla https://www.consigliograndeegenerale.sm/on-line/home/documento17134662.html

Before and after

It replaced Diplomatic CD 1976 1976 to 1986